Napster has — once more — changed ownership. The audio streaming service has been acquired by crypto-focused investment firm Hivemind and Algorand, a proof-of-stake blockchain cryptocurrency...
NASDAQ-listed music company Reservoir Media has signed producer and songwriter Dan Nakamura, known as Dan the Automator, to a worldwide publishing deal. The new deal —...
SoundCloud has acquired Musiio, the Singapore-based artificial intelligence company specialising in music curation. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "Musiio will amplify SoundCloud’s existing music...
After a decade working together, Universal Music Group (UMG) and Canadian songwriter and performer The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) have signed a new expansive, long-term partnership that includes recording, publishing, merchandising...
Mojo Music & Media has acquired a 50% interest in the publishing catalogue of songwriter Bob Morrison. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Morrison...
Music and media company Create Music Group has acquired a majority interest in The Nations, specialised in curated music on YouTube, with channels reaching an audience...
Stockholm-based entertainment company Pophouse Entertainment has fully acquired the master recordings and publishing — including the writers’ shares — of electronic music act Swedish House Mafia‘s back catalogue....
Music rights management and monetisation solutions start-up ORFIUM, launched by former Universal Music Group's executive Rob Wells, has acquired Tokyo-based Breaker, a digital media strategy and...
A private equity consortium led by Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation, an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management, and Brookfield Business Partners have acquired audience measurement, data and...
Universal Music Group and Virgin Music Artist & Label Services are acquiring Quality Goods Records in a deal that will see the Paris/Los Angeles-based electronic and...
